In 2018, Ted Goodman gave me the task of editing his mother’s memoirs. I had hoped to present her with her own copy but the insane Covid-19 lockdowns delayed work on the project. Marie Goodman died September 9, 2021 at the age of 106. We published the book on the first anniversary of her death.

Ted ordered a recording of her funeral service, by which time he was himself very ill. Sadly, he died February 15, 2024 at the much younger age of 78.

On February 26, 2024, I set up a virtual archive in his memory:

 https://archive.org/details/edward-goodman-virtual-archive/egoodmanc-1/

During the course of editing the book, Ted gave me a large number of photographs and documents to scan. I have uploaded them here.

The book itself was uploaded to the Internet Archive on August 6, 2024:

https://archive.org/details/goodman-works-mother-archive

Here is the press release for the book:

https://archive.org/details/marie-goodman-autobiography-press-release

And here is her funeral service:

https://archive.org/details/marie-goodman-funeral-service

Ted wanted all these documents and photographs published at some point, but my first priority was to publish all his major works posthumously, which I have now done.

Some of the following have already been published in Marie’s memoirs; most have not been published before. With the exception of the first document, they are listed below in approximate chronological order. If the captions to some are a bit vague, this is because I was unable to ask Ted to be more specific, as I am sure he would have done.  On August 2, 2023 (my birthday), he called me to his Redhill home to sort out some trouble he was having with his computer. He sent me home in a taxi with bundles of files for his Clio History project.

The next time I saw him was February 9, six days before his death in a local hospice, by which time he was in a terrible state.

Below are the documents and photographs on this page.

marie-1: Marie’s family tree – this is an important document. Ted commissioned it from an independent researcher in France at I know not what cost.

marie-2: Marie’s sister Maria with her husband in 1935. This photograph has been enhanced.

marie-3: Marie’s sister Maria and her husband outside their eatery, June 1937.

marie-4: Letter from the author (and later TV presenter) Beverley Nichols to Eric Munday.

marie-5: Eric Munday, apparently in 1939.

marie-6: Marie’s first wedding, February 24, 1939.  Eric Munday is the older dude in this photograph; he was some 15 years Marie’s senior.

marie-7: Marie in 1939.

marie-8: Shipping the car to Nigeria.

marie-9: A receipt for Marie’s car (ie Eric’s). Marie couldn’t drive before they moved to Nigeria.

marie-10: Reverse of the above.

marie-11: A workman or member of John Holt staff in Nigeria. Photo probably taken by Marie or Eric Munday, probably 1939. I published this awhile ago, possibly as an archived file, but can’t remember where.

marie-12: Workmen in Nigeria. Photo probably taken by Marie or Eric Munday, probably 1939.

marie-13: Workmen in Nigeria, apparently loading or unloading something. Photo probably taken by Marie or Eric Munday, probably 1939.

marie-14: An outdoor event in Nigeria, probably photographed by Marie or Eric Munday, 1939 or 1940.

marie-15:  Marie’s provisional Nigerian driving licence.

marie-16: Marie’s Red Cross First Aid certificate (name given erroneously as Jane Munday).

marie-17:  Another Red Cross certificate.

marie-18:  A reference for Marie, unsigned or author not shown. I think I was given it like this.

marie-19:  Marie’s Advanced First Aid certificate.

marie-20: A drawing of Marie by one of her patients, probably 1943 or early 1944.

marie-21: Another drawing of Marie by one of her patients, probably 1943 or early 1944.

marie-22: Another drawing of Marie by one of her patients, same credit as above.

marie-23: Marie’s Red Cross membership card.

marie-24: Reverse of the above. If this document is slightly out of order, that is because it contains two dates, the second of which I cannot quite make out.

marie-25: Ticket/travel warrant from Brushwood to Aberdeen.

marie-26: Reverse of the above.

marie-27: Reference for Marie from the Connaught Hospital.

The widowed Marie Munday married Edward Albert Goodman at All Saints Weston, Esher, on April 2, 1944.  I believe all the following six photographs bar one were taken on that day.

marie-28:  The first photograph is of the bride and groom. As you can see, this is somewhat worn. The next two are of Marie (marie-29) and her groom (marie-30). These are not separate photographs but edits of the main one, and better preserved.

There are two group photographs – marie-31 and marie-32; they look similar but are clearly different. Finally, marie-33 is the back of the photograph of the bride and groom signed on their golden wedding anniversary and given to Ted’s daughter. Edward Goodman Senior died in 1990 so clearly did not live to celebrated fifty golden years.

marie-34; Marie’s certificate of war service, see also next image.

marie-35: Marie’s certificate of war service. I have no idea what the £31-10-0 refers to; that was a hefty sum in 1944.

marie-36: An invitation to a dance on the first anniversary of her marriage to Edward Albert Goodman.

marie-37:  Letter to Marie from the Matron at Saint Thomas’s Hospital. The date is unclear from the handwriting, but from information in her memoirs it appears to be 1945 rather than 1946.

marie-38: The second part of the above letter.

The following 3 documents are not in strict chronological order but I have grouped them all together at the end of the Second World War.

marie-39: Marie’s Red Cross book. This file contains the following scans: the front cover; the inside front cover; the first page - Record of Hospital Attendances; the next 6 pages. The rest of the pages haven’t been scanned because there are no entries. The back cover. The back page had a letter stapled to it (marie-37 and marie-38, above); I scanned this without removing it.

marie-40: Marie’s Red Cross card.

marie-41: Marie’s Army Service and Pay Book.

marie-42: Marie’s Red Cross discharge certificate.

marie-43: An official document re Marie’s mother.

marie-44: Marie’s new in-laws, the parents of Edward Albert Goodman, circa 1946.

The following four images are from a huge social gathering. I did ask Ted about this en passant. As I recall, it was some legal function, very likely in the City of London, circa 1946.

marie-45: The man on your far left is Charles Frederick Goodman.

marie-46: The big picture.

marie-47: A slightly smaller view.

marie-48: A close-up of Marie with her husband at your far left. I think I blew this up.

marie-49: Marie’s sister Maria with her young daughter, 1949, I believe.

marie-50: Letter from the Red Cross to Marie.

marie-51: Marie’s mother holding a baby, circa 1950. Presumably this was Colette (see Marie’s memoirs).

marie-52: Marie’s Redhill home, circa 1965.

marie-53: Marie’s ID card or something, apparently to do with her native France, circa 1965.

marie-54: At an event, circa 1970.

marie-55: At an event, circa 1970, a different address from the one immediately above judging from the way she is dressed.

marie-56: Marie holding her grandson in 1984.

marie-57: A photograph from her local press. Marie lived in Kingwood and died in her own bed in her own home.

marie-58: Marie in 2005.

marie-59: The telegram received from the Queen, who sadly did not live quite so long. The accompanying photograph has been omitted. (See Marie’s memoirs for an actual photograph on her one hundredth birthday).

marie-60: Letter from the DWP on her one hundredth birthday.

marie-61: Letter from Blind Veterans UK for her one hundredth birthday.

marie-62: Letter from Blind Veterans UK for her one hundredth and first birthday.

marie-63: The telegram received from the Queen on Marie’s one hundred and sixth birthday. The accompanying photograph has been omitted.

marie-64: Marie on her one hundred and sixth birthday.

marie-65: Marie’s funeral notice.

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